Old Worn Out Boots

My old favorite pair of boots sits in the back of my closet, collecting more and more dust by the minute. Haven’t been worn in a long time, they just sit there and watch the others leave one by one. When I first got these boots, they were the only pair of shoes that I wanted to wear. I even wanted to wear them to bed. Now they sit there, all alone, with no one around. Every now and then, I pull them out just to look at them, but never have the urge to put them on. When I first bought them, they were a nice dark brown color made of leather with tiny designs of sequins on the side. Now they’re all faded, almost all of the sequins have come off. Sometimes I think about throwing them away, But I can never bring myself to do it. There have been many fun memories in those boots That I would never change for anything. Like the time I first wore them to school, And everybody loved them, Or the time I wore them to the carnival, And I walked around like a model on a runway. My old favorite pair of boots That sits in the back of my closet, maybe one day will stop collecting dust, And collect more memories out in the world.

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